-l NUMBER 26
JAFilES M. GOX RECEIVES DEMOGRATiG
UOIffllll - FOB THE PRESIDEI1GY
AFTER STEADILY BEATINQ DOWN WIS CHIEF OPPONENT, WIW
1.1AM Q. McADOO, THE OHIOAN. WALKS OFF WITH;
PRIZE ON THE FORTY-FOURTH BALLOT ' v
THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER IN GRATEFUL SPEECH RETIRES
Aaelatant Secretary of the Navy,- Franklin a Roosevelt, Is Prominently
Mentioned For Nomination , to 8eoond Placa on.tha Ticket;.-
Exhaustion and Othar Raaaona Compelled Receaa. ' -
Auditorium, San Francisco, July C
James M. Cox, forernor of Ohlo.waa
Dominated for President of the United
States In the democratic national con
Taatlon at 1:40, o'clock this morning.
The nomination came at the conclo-
alon of JoHyjrorth ballot atrnggle
la which be had ateaoiiy peaTen down
the Xorcea of William O. McAdoo, for
mer, secretary of the treasury and
President Wilson's son-in-law. ;
) When the balloting on the forty
fourth Tote- bad gotten to a point
where Cox bad 702 rotea andwf rap
Idly approaching the necesary ' 729,
!6am B. Amldon, ot Kansas, manager
of the McAdoo forces and vice chair
'man of the democratic national con
mrUee, took the platform and mored
that the nomination ef Gorernor Cox
' fee made unanimous Immediately
there wae a roar from the tired and
worn delegates which lasted for a full
. four minutes before Chairman Robin-
' eon could put the Question on Ami-
don's motion to suspend the rules and
nominate Cox by acclamation.
- At 1:43 o'clock this morning the mo
(Job was formally Toted orer with a
rolling chorus of ayes and a erasing
- of the brass bands. State standards
which 'had aurged back and forth In
the desperate battles ot the deadldck
raced to the front ot the hall and to a
Mitchell Palmer neks me to express
his sincere thanks and appreciation to
every delegate who had roted for ma
nomination, "but be is unwilling tp de
lay the proceedings further, and au
thorized me to finally, positively and
absolutely release every ' delegata
pledged to blip, that the convention
RATES.lf GO HIGHER - PLANNING . FOR CAMPAIGN
High Pric it Coal Causes Republicans Getting Ready
f For Hottest Fight In
Many .Years.
..Water And Lights
To PoUp y
An important meeting of the
board of town commissions was . a conference of reDresentative
hekUt the City Hall Tuesday Republicans from all parts of the
mgnr. i nose present were xviay state was held in Greensboro
or Bushall, and Commissioners iast Saturday. The object of the
Doane, Duncan anMace. ; r meeting was to consider ways
License taxes for the ensuing arift mpan inf : rnnrrttrt'ino th
year were adopted and pradical-
Rates for "" water and ' electric
lights were also advanced ; The
board considered that on account
of the advance in coal and other
items of expense that It was
necessary to charge higher rates.
The rate for ejectricity . which
has been 15 cents a 4 kilowat is
17 1-2. - . 7 .
Water rates were "advancd
cents each. Rates per thousand
gallons were also increased. "
An ordinance was passed mak
ing it a $50 fine to meddle with
he Fire Department:.apparatus.
may pnwwl tn rtnmlrmtM hw neit somewhat. Ope-SpigOt COSt 7
rresiaent or tne unitea state.- nts a month, now the COSt IS
. mere waa a roar or "iiurran tow
Palmer," as the lines broke and the
convention went into a recess. The
denouement, eomkvg at the end of the
89 hard-fought and fruitless ballots.
I rave the same affect aa doea an over
Inflated automobile tire when It bursts
wiin a Dang ana mea aizzies oown, ,
The ' entire Palmer vote, added to
McAdoo1! total on the thtrftr-eightb
ballot, would give him 611 12. The
Palmer votes added to the Cox total
on the some -ballot would give the
Ohio governor 694 1-2. Both leading
candidates would fall short ot the two
thirds, which la 729. . - ,
, Delegatea voting solidly under the
unit rule but at heart divided between
McAdoo and other candidates have de
veloped 111 feeling, ao much so-that the
caucuses which took place on the floor
during the reoess gave evidences of
the feeling. . There were '( shouting,
waving ot arms and some ahaklng of
fiats and a great deal ot scurrying
prominent " Republicans u were
present. National committee
man JnocM." -Moreheadr Chair-
man, F. A. Linney, Candidate for
Senate, A; E. Holton, candidate
for Governor, Jno. J. Parker, can
didate for Congress in the fourth
district J. D. Parker . and .many
others took part in the meeting.
:he-most-im
$1 and all : additional epigots 25 fi&Eteilft .IS!
the appointment of a committee
to prepare campaign literature
showing the party's attitude on
taxation and other matters " of
public interest v This committee
ixrill maof navf ' rakAlr rA titiII
m I TV ill UltV UWAI WVl-Jn. mil
nf th hio- fieri hrt tnVm thpm submit its report to a later meet
" - ;--r i . ,. , ... t i l.lll
away from the front ot the town & wnicn win proDaoty ue iu
was discussed and the Mayor in Raleigh when the General As4!
was authorized to take - up the I sembly meets.
matter with the . City Attorney.
Miss Jones And Mr.
Chapel Wed
tilace ' before tne plstfbrm.---- -- about Platform aad convention ball
la the confutloa and eicitemeat of
m niHuuiiOD iiirr aw uwii iinim
about a nomination tor vice-president
but the leaders were figuring on a list
which prominently Included Franklin
, D. Roosevelt at Hew York, assistant
secretary of the navy. While the
crowd waa demonstrating Its releaao
from the deadlock the leaders arrang
- ed an adjournment until today noon
to caavasa the uqestSoo- ot aecoad
place la the meantime and meet again
prepared to complete the ticket.
. The Cox band wagon movement
really started late yeterday afternoon
before the recess tor dinner.
Daring the recess between the lst
and 42nd ballots Oeorgta caucused and
ft waa decided to atkk with McAdoo
Cor another. Some change waa hinted
at but not denned.
A roll call was ordered oa a motion
to adjourn until 19 o'cloct tomorrow.
Former Governor Unebangh ot Ok
lahoma moved It and the Cox people
vepoeed It fear lag the effects ot aa
overnight rest oa their lead.
The Georgia delegation. It waa re
torted oa a caucus, west ever to Cox
- nadas ha ailt rait tor Ue ut bal
lot, The motion to adjourn waa sweat
ed. The Cos people Una wen their
detarmlaatlee te eoatiaee striking
While the Iran was hot aad preea tfcetr
advantage. The McAdoo statee Jot
saost part rated for aa adJoamaMat
erCeongh eeae e Umcb did
agataet N.
floor were jammed with -an-arguing
gesticulating maae of men aad women
mostly men but the argument, was
not greater in volume with them de
spite their preponderance In number.
During the recess there waa circu
lated about the floor oopiea ot a tele
gram from J ad re Moore, Cox's man
ager, to DealeJ C Roper of New York,
Judge Moore, ot Toungstown. Ohio
accredited with being one ot the Mo-
Adoo . managers, charging that
crowd of government employes and
treasury officials are for their own
peraonal enda and In defiance' of Mr.
McAdoo'a eiprrssed withes, improper
ly using hia name to create a deadlock
la this convection
Charging that . several delegations
were packed with government em'
ployea, holding out for the a oml na
tion of Mr. UcAdoo, Moore's telegram
charged that "the action ot the pay
roll brigade la creating a national
scandal to the ruin ot the democratie
party-
AudnoHatn, San francieeo. Jaly
Heading atroag tor the ballot
reeord eet by the Baltimore coavee
Uon watnb nominated Wood row WIV
eoa eight years ago, the demoomUe
national eoaveettoa weal late Its 17 tn
ballot ioatctt at a eeeatoa which be
gan at I: 0 e'olook aad oeelalaed
good preepaoU tor daylight.
WHfc McAaoo. Cox aad Palmar ruev
alag nearer eeea than they eerVel-
meet at any tame before, aad each
precunei pssseealon et a rate power.
strong efloste Were betag
' Avdlterrevn, tan rraactaaa, J sty
Attorney Oeaeral Palsaer, at 9:tl
o'clock toa'bt. at the claee ed the
thirty-eighth ballet, released bla dale
gatee aad left the aeaMcrarie national
ssavsoUoa tree te serve eat af lu
deaiWKk aaf nomlaale a snwaUeatlal
eaadidete. " ' ' '
At the end at the eeaoal baOit. after
the rereea. weea the reaar rate bad
toenead lit. aad It was erpereet Uai
It eoeld be drift ne higher. Tomer
Eapeeeeautlve C. C Carl la. at Vir
glala. . Mr. PaJstern saaaagar. took
the platform aad aaaoaaeed Ue wtih.
drawal af the attorney general from
therace. . ,
'Chairman Xeblaaoa. in praeeattag
btat Uld Ue eeaveattoa aloHraatly
rant ha waa ereeenitax a msa who
bad aa eaaoeeeemeal te make whKV
be wae eoaKeal the eoaveaUen woald
weal ta hear.
fcipUtloe U rt the a?r. aad the
reeveelie. whlrh (ealy avteaent be
ore bad hem la the height et dteaeeer
te a rareeiy deaMetaUon, talrted
own ine ai. asui a pie might at
eet have been lewd ta 4rx,p ka rbe
treat aatfturlam a Carl fa took Ue
aMeher piare aad said la takeUaee:
t 1 aaa etoet U nwte aa eetaweea-
seeat rt grel aruae te ih
eeftKM, at Ue necleiloe ef whkh
ire: oepartmemt .m
r.'y' -'-' ,"'"T' -" nnnnnsawBSBSn r ! ', -". i''
Music Recital And Picture
Show At -Sea Breeze
Theatre Friday Evening
On tomorrow evening at eicht
o'clock an entertainment for the
benefit of the Beaufort Fire De
partment will take place at the
Sea Breeze theatre. A piano re
cital by Miss Anna Rogers Lay
assisted by M. Leslie Davis and
Miss Mary jC- Wilhelm , will : be
theieature of the entertainment.
Pictures ' will also be - shown.
The program is as follows:
Pohchmelle F Rachmaninoff.
Moment Musical Shubert.
Watchman's Night Song
callirhoe (Airde Ballat) chami
nade. . ,.;,cf,v'4v;,v:
Violets r oof a Roma;
Mother Machre M. Leslie
Davis.
Waltz ; ' t; ,- - Durand
Polonaise Mac Dowell.
cents.
The question of absentee .vot
ing and election frauds in gener
al were discussed and means
will be undertaken to stop ille-
csV nrnrtieos : in - future where
A marriage of much interest fhu trt Ho n and ta nmsMute
ft r - i ' i ' - a . 1 r ' " T - - " w
o oeauion people as wen as to tW who re -.nv of them.
Funds for running the - cam
paign are greatly needed and as
the treasury is getting in a some
what empty condition a cam
many elsewhere-occurred here
Monday afternoon si' three
o'clock when -Miss. Lulie-Jones
became the bride of Mr. C,V.
i nc ceremony was penormcu - . , . , .
k., iMran u v -mA raise money by a popular sub-
VI AV V V V 1IV A V AJUIUUO UUU .. . .V
was witnessed by a few relatives scnption. The idea is to ask for
and friends. Tho nswlv married subscriptions on the basis of one
young couple left on the 4:15 for dollar for each Republican voter
Newport NewB where Mr. Chap- in the State. If the voters re
el is in the Goverrfment service spond to this appeal there will
and where they will make their be enough money available for
future home.- Mrs. ChaDel is legitimate purposes and it is
the daughterof Mr.and Mrs. C- thought that the State wiU then
u.joncsoiiuiorxaqabnenas Kcied for tfce Repablican
a great many friends here.
DISTINCTIONS EVEN IN ZOO
Mankeya Swaerlerlty ki Cray Matter
lUaepated by Hie Uee ftlfted
Cage Cemeanlea.
ticket . -
It Is the intention of the State
Executive Committee to wage
the' most active camnaign ' this
year that has occurred in North
I Carolina in a longtime. The en
tire State will be canvassed and
Candidate Herring Here
Hon. Richard L. Herring of
Clinton Republican candidate for
congress in the third district ar
rived here last night for , a con
sultationVith local Republicans.
Information received by Mr.
Herring from all parts of the dis
net are very favorable for . Re
publican success this year. .
JAMES KL COX.
May Build Uoadway Ue-;
iween ileaufort - And
Gallants Point ; . ;
I The board of : county commis
sioners held a brief session Mon ;
day and adjourned till ten o'clock
tr.e next day. - I hose who were
pi twent Tuesday were Chairman
Wallace and Commissioners Gil-
mm, iwis, ngott ana Taylor.
The usual number of hills
were audited and ordered paid
and reports of the Treasurer,
County Welfare Officer and Sher
lit were .made. Countv Road
Supervisor Thomas made his re
port for the first quarter of -1920
which ? showed tha i following:
Beaufort-Williston road spent
for labor $2280. Beaufort-New
Bern road labor $1537.35. team
hire $99. ! Morehead City-Craven
road labor $1051. .
-The - committee reported on
the proposed bridge over New
port river and submitted plans
instructed to advertise for
Af-
the
the
Church Services
bids for building the bridge,
ter ' ascertaining the cost
board will further consider
matter. . ..
Chas. Hancock came before
the board and askc that a con
tinuation of present road be .
built oh Barker's Island. The '
board agretd to have this done.
Guthrie -Bros, submitted a bid
for building the North River
bridge the price of which is
$14.50 per running foot The;
bridge is to be 16 feet wide.
The bid was accepted. Guthrie
Broswere also employed to wid
en Harlowe canal "bridge to ,12
feet clear. ' : .
. The route around Oyster
creek was adopted as the con-.
inectirtg link between Davis : and -
Piny Point roads.
A proposition to build a bridge
and road connecting Gallant's
foint and ueauiort was' made
bv the Beaufort Land and Im
provenent Co, Doane and Bart-,
lett Co, Gallant's Fisheries and
the Beaufort Fish Scrap ad Oil
Company. These four crmpan-
tes are to build the bridge and
road and the county is then to
contribute $2500 of the -cost
Two trucks for road work
were bought by the board from
A. D. O'Brvan. The board ad-'
journed subject to the call of the
chairman. ' '
Among Ibe moat quarrelsome toll at every effort made to Eet every
a Uedon (Eng.) correspoodrnt ticket Chairman Linney him.
Not kif age new golden egonti gdf expects'to take the field and
was about ta be piaCad 10 cage a
A . l.k.IJi -Jk ka ii initial
ef hta famUy. The ortgloal eaartrt bad m the SUbt I0T the purpose Ol
fooght a noo tbemsetree whote-bearb teeing that they are properly CT-
ediy. but bed more er Uee eettlad P-,n;7M. ranHife Irw T. Par.
There will be preaching at
Russell Creek F. W. Baptist
church Saturday A. M. 11 o'clock
also at evening at 8 dock, I saction have been recently re-
Special service Sunday 11 olock corded:
saade te
breah the Va ad aae a( rat three ear
b-lnarn.
Tiiaauay hoide aVe bey." wae the
word yaeaid after roatereaxee ta
watch both' Cot and VcAdoo foroee
bad narttcipated wKh. CbarUe T.
Mwryhy aad ether Waders af the New
To deteeraataa. Xaeh aide wae falW
lag for Taaataaay a ape-oft - aad te
ssaay aagaiaaale aalered 'bate - the
coaalea erteeatoa that It waa erect'
tally nweweeraat te eeeee thaas aee
raleiy, . i ,
'Os Ue ITth balM the Ueders stood:
MeAdaa, 441; Cot. Ill; relator.
Ml 14. . , . . "
Whea the chair as aa aaaoaared ne
Te tntrorkMe a Mb agood weald re
atart the great war, ae It waa oVtdad
to place the newcoenar wtth a beaeO
fei illUe aqilrret taookey naaaad Own.
.The egoaU family, who bad bean
Ikktag their M M M Met af t
treat) rtctla. gnashed their teeth when
thry saw bios put late the cxtdeo
cage with a monkey. .
JsBwt tented dowa en (be
ker will, continue
canvas which he
atarted.
the brilliant
has already
There will be a special pro
gram for children's day service
We extend an .invitation and
hearty welcome to aU.
L. L Springle S, S. Supt
Ret. W. B, Everett Pastor
Nw Brides Heady
Three bridges in the eastern
part of the county have Wen re-
eor of the ragetad omMw tbelctntly completed and are, now
cta for use by - the puW't
These bridges were constructed
by Chas. Hancock and W. T. Da
vis. They axe over Smyrna
cretk, Howland and Broad creek
UP
rholre on the 17th. the Cot. MrAdoe f ed ra(). bat be rahaillied attaaot t
eaernend nerrtaa, Tbrr llred for a
few days an te difereat lereta,
eae day One aaw( James bataf fad by
rleiar. '
Screerttlnc with eooorsare, fa lib
tie aaaokey fa ejaertef ef Ibe agoad!
i JL mmA ruill. it IhO
ewt fra JaW lawn I'M baalind they Ktve to COTincCt
saer4ros leeih (like ef a saae.lir(re portion of the f IStem part
aad ralaner faciieae roee ne aad
railed to oee another to )oia ead e4
Ue deadVorh.
' The organ aad bead, which, alaaye
teetsed to be reed for the MrAdoe
raota-a, Ml tola Orer There.- It wae
ail Ue McAloe aaoale aeeead to
Hart a aarada. Tbey took tketr
tig froaa Ibe baJroay aad wUb
Traae I 4 leg. eUrted 4 rceeeUa ed
the Mc A doe etatee. " -
The chaagee en the ITi wan:
feleiar loet U It: Con gataad alaej
McAdoe ga'aed' sttj tatrle led
It 11 : , . ' ! '
At the cieie el the thirty electa.
a. n near. fYem that moment was
titer were le;rlile aad the' cm
Slrry tngetber called B lute a Sjaef
hell. . . .
Get levee eariety ead warmth, a bile
Ibe agocll aewe it rerefalse Ibe f
terlef braia ef Ihe amakey ead !
rralea ae eaaslag aaaeaat ef arifhl
frewaiia. TWe are bam !-ieoe en
hie . g4a-brewa r-el aare Oee
Me MUM bUa Ibareaae be did at
tnrrender delaliee anaag).
gad Jeewe watd aratabty bar bad
ea eeeter life bad be been Wft te the
wwtve ef We eae aarreit
tan,
of the county. Chairman-. waW
lace Inspected the bridges last
Fridir snd tavs the work on
tUm is excellent and quite satis
factory.
ehJ aaeee e rr of II salas'ee lelCbaimae Keaheee ia U late.
' el .Wilts be Wr tUet.
The wren rarrtee a let ef BaaterlaJ
te the ben er SJe renty to bkh tM
seat la renetrewed. If Ibe he le
aKb wraaa are beiidieg at a faot
taeere Chry ni SO It rati ef saaierUl
- etraw aad graae tad hair ead t'ue
ef eae tied er teether. TWy ne ea
ee any mad, at the rvtiaa a
Real Estate Transfer!
The following real estate txan
Republican Orfanizer
I!cr -
Mr. Tbos. Irey of Raleigh was
J. E. Woodland snd wife to
ILP.Kulcher lots S6-7-fr9.10.il
square 123 Morehead con $1000 ,
Levi w neatly to jno. w.uooa
win lot on- Gordon st-. Beaufort
con. $1000
Willis Nelson and wife to Geo.
Rose 1-4 acre and dwelling Cape
Lookout con. $250,
J. w. 1 Uncock and others to
Geo. Rose 3 1-2 acres of land cn
lhrkerslMandcon$275 ' v
W. II. rtneauorr ina wuc wj
acres in .
.i.. n wi:'- c.-. r Morehead townshsp con $2250 . s
ii a nw wv r i viiaiaa an jir r n a ih a - -
ive committee. Mr. Irey is a
club organizer and travels, over
a Urge part of' the State. He
has had tine success in this work i
wherever he has been Mr. Ivey
reports that John J. Parker the
Republican candidate for Cover
nor Is drawing big crowds and !
that the people like nis speeches
Colored Excursion
The excunkwi of the A. M. E
Church from here to New Bern
will be held on Tuesday July the
13th. This excursion was to
have taken pbee some weeks ao
but owing to trouble at the draw
bridge the tram was unable to
proceed.
Morriift licenses
The followinir marriage licen
ses have recently been issued .to
the following'couplcs:
. W. Fodrte and Liu Uun-
can of Newport - .... .
Wm. R. -Willis and Miurea
WiUa Morehead. -
Ino. Smith cl Norfolk. krvl
Margaret Snooks Beaufort
chas. Z. Charts 1 ot Mewport
Newe,VaandLutieMe Jones
of ' Beaufort ' ' " ' '
J.J. Daniel Roe and Ueulali
Lewis of Sea Level ;
Roy Goodwin, Lola and Lula
Daniels of Hoc
te Aeelf lee Taeiea,
The UiMMieeit ef Orttta China,
trtf retlea ergs le frre eaea,
om a tea
a-